DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/23 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.8 - - 72.6 - - 68.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 38 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5627 - - 6281 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4423 - - 4069 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6516 - - 7170 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1207 - - 1102 - - 6112 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 386 - - 297 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 320 - - 305 - - 330 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1095 - - 1499 - - -2682 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5421 - - 5672 - - 3619 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4608 - - 200 - - -4123 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11124 - - 6970 - - 5060 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 78 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 30 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.8 - - 72.6 - - 68.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.3 - - 51.1 - - 55.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.1 - - 72.6 - - 69.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.1 - - 49.8 - - 54.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 38 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5627 - - 6281 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 13 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 9 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99326 20 091 19 086 13 084 99326 91850 14 089 15 073 11 090 91850 86068 15 092 2 041 15 067 86068 81286 15 078 10 105 10 076 81286 77166 7 074 12 085 10 088 77166 73507 8 147 6 094 7 082 73507 70185 8 127 4 134 4 127 70185 67116 5 119 1 161 4 049 67116 64255 11 074 0 173 11 001 64255 61490 13 359 6 350 18 346 61490 58634 16 351 9 343 18 329 58634 55680 24 335 15 334 26 327 55680 52860 33 329 32 325 38 317 52860 50333 39 321 41 331 41 327 50333 48075 47 323 51 332 52 333 48075 46033 59 327 63 327 63 331 46033 44170 71 327 75 326 75 331 44170 42460 81 328 86 323 90 326 42460 40882 90 330 93 322 94 321 40882 39409 95 330 95 322 89 318 39409 38019 97 328 92 321 87 320 38019 36674 95 324 87 319 86 321 36674 35308 91 323 86 319 84 320 35308 33890 86 324 86 319 82 319 33890 32420 84 326 83 319 81 321 32420 30879 84 324 79 319 77 323 30879 29257 82 322 74 320 72 325 29257 27560 76 324 70 321 68 325 27560 25789 65 324 65 321 63 324 25789 23946 56 323 59 320 57 321 23946 22029 51 325 54 320 51 320 22029 20031 48 323 50 321 47 321 20031 17948 45 320 45 320 43 321 17948 15826 41 318 41 320 40 320 15826 13783 37 316 39 321 37 323 13783 11926 34 315 35 324 36 328 11926 10281 30 316 30 322 32 330 10281 8828 23 308 23 309 27 321 8828 7546 16*309 18*300 23 313 7546 6411 13*317 17*300 20 316 6411 5404 13 318 16 302 17 324 5404 4515 12 319 14 305 15 330 4515 3728 12 320 14 306 14 333 3728 3023 12 321 13 307 14 334 3023 2399 12 321 12 308 13 336 2399 1877 12 321 12 309 12 336 1877 1477 11 321 11 309 11 336 1477 1200 11 321 11 309 9 335 1200 1033 10 321 10 309 7 334 1033 937 8 322 8 310 3*330 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography